Trump Attacks Biden on Antisemitism, Ignoring His Own History
Donald Trump is accusing Joe Biden of offering a weak response to antisemitism, using college campus clashes over the Israel-Hamas war as a campaign issue. However, Trump's attacks ignore his own history of rhetoric invoking Nazi language and playing on antisemitic stereotypes.
Trump called Biden's administration a "Gestapo administration," drawing criticism from Jewish leaders who see it as a tactic to deflect from his own record. Trump's campaign released a video contrasting his and Biden's responses to antisemitism, highlighting Trump's support for Israel and Biden's perceived inaction on campus protests.
While Biden has condemned antisemitic protests, Trump has a history of praising and dining with white nationalists, echoing their rhetoric, and using language reminiscent of Adolf Hitler. He's also been accused of promoting antisemitic tropes about Jewish loyalty.
Historians warn against the dangers of Nazi comparisons, emphasizing the historical inaccuracy and moral offensiveness of such rhetoric. They argue that equating contemporary events with the Holocaust trivializes the true horrors of that historical tragedy.